Flower-box



(No Model.)-

A. OLELAND.

FLOWER BOX.

No. 409,925. Patented Aug. 27, 1889.

WITNESSES I MQJWMM.

ATTORNEY N. PETERS, Phom-Lima n hnr, Washinmon, D. C,

UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

ANNIE OLELAND, OF NElV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

FLOWER-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,925, dated August27, 1889.

Application filed May 15 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE CLELAND, of New Orleans, Orleans parish,Louisiana, have invented a certain new' and useful Improvement inFlower-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a new and improved flower-box, which will behereinafter fully de scribed and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewof myimprovement as applied in position to a window-frame. Fig. 2 is atop plan; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3, Fig. 2.

The same numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

The common flower-boxes and clay flowerpots when placed 011 window-sillsto hold flowers and plants have many disadvantages. They are verydangerous, and they are liable to fall out from window-sills or fromshelves and kill or cripple persons passing under them at the time. Theyalso rot and destroy window-sills and ruin thepaint on the side ofhouses from the dirty waterthat drips from them when the plants arewatered, and injure the clothes of persons passing beneath them. Theyare ,not ornamental, and are very dangerous in stormy weather from theirliability to be blown off the sill.

The object of my invention is to overcome these difficulties, and Iattain this object by the construction which will be now described.

A indicates a strong metal box, that may be of any preferred shape, b utis preferably made in a curved or somewhat crescent form, as shown, soas to fit neatly against the outside of a window-sill, as shown in thedrawings, its flat rear side fitting against the sill, while the centralpart of the said side is bent in to leave a space between it and theoutside of the sill, as shown. This box is made preferably of tin andzinc, and is held and supported at the window by two strong iron bars BB. The

lower half of these bars B is bent to fit the bottom and rear side ofthebox A, their lower ends being bent up at right angles and fitting upinto pockets to a in the bottom of the box, as shown in the sectionalView, Fig. 2, of the drawings, while at the back of the box the barspass through metal clips a a, which hold Serial No. 310,918. (No model.)

the box firmly to the bars. At Z) Z) the bars are bent to pass over thewindow-sill, and are then bent up at right angles, as shown, havingapertures Z7 at their upper flattened and enlarged ends 19 The box'Afits against the window-sill, and the iron bars fit up over the sill andup to each side of the window frame or casing, and are secured at thewindow by strong screws 0 C, passing through the apertures in the upperends of the bars, and by strong iron staples D,usually three to eachbar, as shown. lVithin the box A is placeda perforated false bottom E,which is supported above the solid bottom of the box on raised interiorend supports a a and a central crossbar a The earth in which the flowersare to be planted is placed in the box,resting on the perforated falsebottom, and when the flowers and plants growing in this earth arewatered the water drips from the earth through the perforated falsebottom down upon the solid box-bottom, and is drawn off through a spouta which is kept closed by a cork a into a cup F, which is removablysuspended in position by its wire bail-handle f, being hung on a hook g,secured to the back of the box. Dirt and settlings in the bottom of thebox are cleaned out through the spout a The boxes are made of differentsizes, according to the size of the window.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, my invention and its advantages willbe readilyunderstood.

It will be seen that my new and improved flower-box is simple and strongin construction and very efficient and satisfactory in use. It will beof special value to the many persons in large cities who have no gardenin which to plant flowers, as it can be set on a balcony or porch, or inalmost any position.

The box is finished in an ornamental manner, as shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The flower-box A, curved in at its rear side to form the rectangularrecess and having the rear discharge-opening in said recess,

the perforated false bottom supported above its solid bottom, and thesupporting-bars B B, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the box having the pockets a, the rear clips, andthe dischargeopening', a perforated false bottom, and the bentsupporting-bars having the upwardlybent lower ends, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination of the box having the pockets a, the rear clips, andthe dischargeopening, the perforated false bottom, the bentsupporting-bars having the upwardly-bent lower ends and perforated upperends, the

screws, and the staples, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the box having the 15 pockets at, the internal endsupports and crossbar, the discharge-opening, and the rear clips, thecork, the perforated false bottom, and the supporting-bars,substantially as set forth.

ANNIE CLELAND.

Witnesses:

GEo. MONTGOMERY, D. I. DOWERS.

